GOODS Definition & Meaning

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goods

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plural noun

possessions and personal property
sometimes singular economics commodities that are tangible, usually movable, and generally not consumed at the same time as they are produced Compare services
articles of commerce; merchandise
1. merchandise when transported, esp by rail; freight
2. ( as modifier )
  a goods train
the goods
1. that which is expected or promised
  to deliver the goods
2. the real thing
3. incriminating evidence (esp in the phrase have the goods on someone )
a piece of goods slang.
a person, esp a woman

goods

Merchandise; wares; tangible products that satisfy human wants. ( Compare services .)

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Idioms and Phrases

see damaged goods ; deliver the goods ; get the goods on ; sell a bill of goods ; straight goods .

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There are concerns that the US crackdown could lead to cheap goods from China flooding into the UK.

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A few days later on 25 April, officers returned and seized £80,000 worth of fake or unsafe goods, Westminster City Council said in a statement.

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Once away from campus, he would use the cards to purchase goods, authorities allege.

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While some reported shortfalls in goods coming in, others described oversupply of some items, which meant food went to waste - with one saying they had to pour away multiple pints of milk.

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“Everybody wants to bring their goods here in advance of what they hope is a resolution” of the tariff war.

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